EDITORIAL
OUR MAYOR MUST
BE OUR CHAMPION
Not counting the “New York” football teams
that play in New Jersey, it’s been a very long
time since this city had a winning sports
team.
In fact, it was the Yankees in 2009 who last celebrated
down the Canyon of Heroes. Our other non-football
pro teams have given us year after year of futility.
A champion is a symbol of civic pride. When a team
wins, we all share in their success in some way. We get
a little more attention in the national spotlight, and a
little more swagger in our step.
As badly as we desire champions at the Garden,
Yankee Stadium or Citi Field, the greatest champions
in New York City have been found at Gracie Mansion.
New York has hit nadirs before in times of crisis
when it seemed all was lost — and each time, the mayor
stood tall to rally the city into recovery.
Fiorello LaGuardia championed the city’s recovery
after the Great Depression. Ed Koch pulled the city from
the brink of bankruptcy in the late 1970s. Rudy Giuliani
helped summon the city’s heroes and strength after
9/11 and helped set into motion recovery and rebirth
that followed under Mike Bloomberg’s leadership.
Where does Bill de Blasio’s response to COVID-19
and the related crises rank with his predecessors? Not
very high.
As Politico pointed out in analyzing de Blasio’s handling
of the public school reopening, his major policy
decisions are often reactionary, and come after somebody
else has seized upon the issue.
From school reopenings to criminal justice reform
to half-fare MetroCards, we don’t see de Blasio out in
front on anything. With the school issue resolved, the
attention is focusing again on indoor dining — and once
again, de Blasio is leading from behind as City Council
members and small business owners beg for help just
to survive.
The mayor hinted that a decision will come later
this month. But the restaurants and their employees
can’t wait much longer, especially as New Jersey and
Long Island eateries are opened on a limited basis.
This city, right now, starves for a champion to come
up with big ideas to save both lives and the economy —
to do more than gripe when outside forces balk at helping
our city — and to push back against the naysayers
who’ve already declared our city dead.
For God’s sake, Mr. Mayor, lead!
HOW TO REACH US
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.12 COM | SEPT. 11-SEPT. 17, 2020
Now, more than ever, we need Mayor de Blasio to lead our city. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Offi ce
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